A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.
A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu.
The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word.
Prohibition.
A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.
To curse; to execrate.
To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
Power, authority to do something.
A legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government that meets the criteria set in law, such as social security in the US.
The right to have something, whether actual or perceived.
Something that one is entitled to.